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y 1933- H. M. GREIST in" AL 1,908,340

TELEPHONE STAND Filed April 18, 1951 Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STATESPATENT orrlca HUBER! H. GBEIST AND GEORGE L. HINMAN, OF NEW HAVEN,CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNOBS TO THE GREIST MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CON-NECTICUT Application filed April 18,

This invention relates to telephone stands" and more particularly to adevice which comprises a supplemental base to be clamped to the base ofthe telephone and provided with means for holding a memorandum pad andpencil so that the user of the telephone may have these means heldfirmly in aconvenient position in order that memoranda may be made anddata set down while conversing over the telephone.

It is very desirable and convenient to have means adjacent the telephoneupon which memoranda such as telephone numbers and other data may berecorded. It is also desirable that, particularly in connection withdial telephones of the continental type, the telephone be provided witha supplemental base which will prevent its being moyed about upon thedesk or other supporting surface when a number is dialed. It 1scontemplated in the invention herein described to combine the twofeatures referred to and provide a device which will prevent themovement of the telephone when a number is being dialed and also providemeans for securing to the telephone a pad and pencil holder so that theuser of the telephone will have in a convenient position means forsetting down data of various kinds.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a pad holder whichmay be attached to the telephone, and which will receive and hold padsof any size so that one is not limited to a particular size pad when thefirst becomes exhausted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a telephone stand and padholder such that the pad will be securely and firmly held and supportedin place so that the user of the telephone may be able to write upon itat the same time that the receiver is held in one hand.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a combinedtelephone stand, pencil holder, and pad holder.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel featuresand combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

TELEPHONE STAND 1931. Serial No. 531,246.

- In the accompanying drawingi Fig. 1 is a top plan view of atelcphonestand, pad holder and pencil holder em- 7 bodying the features of ourinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 omitting the pad shownin Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig.

Referring to the drawing wherein we have illustrated a preferredembodiment of our invention, we have provided a clamping telephone standor support to 'be placed under the base of the tele hone and to cling toor clamp upon this ase by means of resilient end portions. This standcomprises a pair of strap-like members 10 and 11 riveted or otherwisesecured together at substantially their central points and havingupwardly bent resilient fingers 12 between which the base of thetelephone is adapted to be grip ed, it being understood that the lowersur ace of the base of the telephone faces the upper surface of themembers 10 and 11.

Near the outer end of the strap-like members 10 and 11 and extendingdownwardly therefrom are feet 13 preferably made of relatively softrubber and secured to the members 10 and 11 in any desired manner suchas by providing the feet 13 with stems 14 which pass upwardly throughopenings in the members 10 and'll. As shown in Fig. 2, these members 1 1extend upwardly to support the base of the telephone.

As shown in Fig. 1, a supporting member 15 is removably secured to themembers 10 and 11 by means of screws 16. This memher, as shown in Fig.2, extends horizontally for a certain distance from the points at whichit is secured and is then provided with a downwardly offset portion 17so that the end portion 18 is disposed substantially at the same levelwith the bottom of the rubber feet 13. It will be observed that thisconstruction provides that the portion 18 of the support 15 will lieflatly on a desk or other support so that the memorandum pad designed tobe supported on the portion 18 will have a firm support.

Upon the support 18 adjaoent'the offset portion 17 is secured aresilient member or tongue 19 which extends along the support 18 inslightly spaced relation upwardly therefrom. This tongue is rovide witha free unsecured end 20 so t at a pad may be positioned u on the support18 and the tongue 20 threa ed between the leaves of the pad, or as willusually be the case as shown in Fig. 3, between the lower cardboard 21of the pad and the leaves 22.

I The pad will be held in position by means of a flange 23 provided onthe support 18 a ainst which flange the gummed or secured e e of the padwill abut.

pon the support 18 at the secured end of the tongue 20 is secured astandard 24 upon which is a clasp 25 adapted to receive a pencil 26. Thestandard 24 is provided at 1ts lower end with a horizontal portion 27which may be secured to the support 18 by the rivets 28 which alsosecure the tongue 19 in place.

It will be observed that the secured end of the tongue 20 also limitsthe movement of the pad 22 in a direction toward the telephoneinstrument, so that while this pad may be moved outwardly or to theright to detach it from its support, it is held against movement inother directions, and will, therefore, be held securely in place so thatthe user of the telephone may write upon it without having to hold it toprevent it from moving. It will also be observed that any size pad maybe used with our support, as the length or width of the pad is notlimited by the supporting means.

hile we have shown and described a preferred embodiment of ourinvention, it will be understood that it is not to be limited to all ofthe details shown, but is capable of modification and variation withinthe spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. In combination a telephone stand adapted to be secured below the baseof a telephone and a support secured thereto, said support comprising amember secured at one end to the stand and projecting outwardlytherefrom, and said support having a supporting portion and a resilienttongue member secured thereto, said tongue member being secured at oneend to the supporting portion and projecting toward the free end thereofand being free at the other end for threading through a memorandum pad.

2. A support for a memorandum pad or the like and means for securingsaid support to a telephone instrument, said support comprising a membersecured at one end to the securing means and projecting outwardlytherefrom and having a supporting portion and a tongue secured theretoat the end thereof nearest the securing means and being left free at itsother end the support.

3. A support for a memorandum pad or the like and means for securingsaid support to a telephone instrument, said support "comprising amember secured at one end to the securing means and having its free endprojecting outwardly therefrom; and a ton ue secured thereto at one endand being fiaft free at its other end and lying above, and extendingtoward the free end of, the su port, and said support being horizontallydisposed and having an upstanding flan e along one side thereof to abutagainst the memorandum pad.

4. A support for a memorandum pad or the like and means for securingsaid support to a telephone instrument, said support comprising asupporting portion an a ton ue secured thereto at one end and being leftree at its other end and lying above the support, and said support beinghorizontally disposed and having an upstanding flange along one sidethereof to abut a ainst the memorandum pad, and an upstan ing membersecured to thesupport adjacent one end of the flange to abut against andform a stop for the side of the pad.

5. In combination a clamping device and lying above adapted to besecured below the base of a telephone, and a support for a memorandumpad secured thereto, said sup ort comprising a portion attached to the 0am at a level above the lowermost portion of the clamp, and alsocomprising a supporting portion ofiset downwardly from said attachingortion, and means for securing a memoran um pad to said supportingportion.

6. In combination a support for a memorandum pad or the like, said suport comprising a substantially flat strip 0 material and having meanssecured thereto to clamp it to a telephone instrument, said supportcomprising a portion attached to the clamp and a supporting portion,said supporting portion being offset downwardly from said attachingportion but being integral therewith and substantially parallel thereto,and said supporting portion being provided with a tongue to hold amemorandum pad thereon.

7. In combination a support for a memorandum pad or the like, said suport comprising a substantially flat strip 0 material and having meanssecured thereto to clamp it to a telephone instrument, said supportcomprising a portion attached to the clamp and a supportin portion, raidsupporting portion being 0 set downwardly from said attachin portion butbeing integral therewith and substantially parallel thereto, and saidsupporting portion being provided with a tongue, to hold a memorandumpad thereon, said clamp being removably secured to said attachingportion.

8. A clamp consisting of crossed members secured together, and asupporting member secured at one end to the clam and extending outwardlytherefrom, said supporting member having a downwardly ofi'set sup- 5porting portion and means upon said portion to securememoranda-receiving means thereto, supporting means for said clamp andsaid supporting portion being disposed. at substantially the level ofthe bottom of the supporting means.

9. A clamp consisting of crossed members, a supporting member secured atone end to said clamp adjacent the central portionthereof, saidsupporting member comprising a flat stri of material having an attachinportion WqliCh is secured'to the clamp and an outer supporting portionofiset downwardly from the attaching portion, and means on saidsupporting portion for removably holding the memorandum ad, said meanscomprising a tongue secure at one end to said supporting member and leftfree at its other end, and lying in close proximity to the supportingmember to extend between the leaves of the pad. I In witness whereof, wehave hereunto set our hands this 16th day of April, 1931.

'HUBERT M. GREIST. GEORGE L. HINMAN.

